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Jan. 19 1926.

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ALBERT wQsMITII, on ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Application filed. January 10, 1923. Serial No. 611,696.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, ALBERT WV. SMITH, a

citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis in theState of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvementsiii-Beds, of which'the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is so to arrange the door for the closetinclosing a wall-bed or door-bed and so to pivot such a bed thereon asto require theminiinum space in the thickness of the wall, and also totake up the minimum space in the room due to the thickness of the dooror location of the door when the bed is extended, and also to accord thelargest and most convenient space when the bed is extended for access tothe interior of the closet.

If in conjunction with the present invention the bed he used that formsthe subjectmatter of the application for patent of this inventor andYVilliam J. Duvall, Serial No. 595,260, the greatest economy in spacewill be eii'ectech'but either invention may be used separately.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, inwhich like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur,

Figurel is a front elevation with the doors closed;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View showing one of the doors closedand the other one hinged thereon open, with the. bed in position in thecloset;

Figure 3 illustrates a detail;

Figure 4c is a top plan view of the doors and bed, the doors beingclosed and the bed being in the closet;

Figure 5 is a similar view, but with one of the doors open;

Figure 6 is a top plan View showing the doors open and the bed extended;and

Figure 7 is similar to Figure t, but shows a larger closet and widerdoors and a bed the width of which is about equal to that of one ofthedoors, instead of the bed being wider than one of the doors, as shown inFigures 4 and 5.

The alcove or recess 1 may be of any necessary depth or length. In theconstruction of large apartment buildings, hotels, clubs, and flatsspace is a desideratuni, because the more living quarters that can beworked into a'given land area, the more productive is the investment.Vice versa,

the less occupiable space is provided in such a structure, the largerthe overhead expense.

By the particular arrangement of the doors 2 and 3 of this invention andthe pivoting at l and 5 of door 2, great economy in space isaccomplished bylessening the arc of travel of the bed 6 andthe complete.

closure for the alcove 1.

As 1S shown in the drawings,there must be either one door that extendsentirely across the opening into alcove 1 or a pluralextending clearacross the opening into alcove 1, the arcof travel described by itsouter moving edge will be twice as large in the room as it will be ifthe said closure is bifurcated and its members 'h1ngedito-' gether, asshown in the drawings.

It will, of course, be understood that it is inmiaterial whether therear corner. 8 that must clear is the lefthand or the righthand corner,but in the drawings from the standpoint of the observer the corner 8 isthe rear lefthand corner.

In use door 3 will be of relatively less importance and merely for thepurpose of hiding the closet part of alcove 1, where the clothes hooks 9and the like are located. There is material economy of space in buildingconstruction and also material diminution in the waste of occupiablespacewhere a clothes closet or the like can be combined with the alcove:for a door-bed or the like, because at least one partition or similarwall will be omitted and its space saved and its costs of constructionlikewise avoided.

The bed 6 may be attached to the pivoted door in any desired manner,door 8 being, so to speak, only an idler. The said idler door 3 willpreferably fold back on hinge or hinges 7, eitheras shown in Figure 5 orFigure 6, and may lap as a'leaf in either direction.

The pivot points 4 and 5 may be in the center of door 2 where theclosure for alcove 1 is divided into two or more parts with an idler oridlers 3, and need not necessarily be in the center of door 2 or itsequivalent part. It may be eccentric with relation thereto. It isevident, however, that locating the pivotal points 4 and 5 in the centerof door 2 or equivalent part will form an eccentric pivoting of thebed-bearing member relative to the cross area or dimension of the bed 6and also relative to the cross dimension of the alcove or closet 1.

Particular consideration. of the drawings, for instance Figure 4, willmake it plain that if the member bearing the bed 6 were pivoted at apoint vertically in the same plane as the hinges 7, swinging the bed (3on such pivotal point would cause corner 8 to strike the rear wall 10.Such construction necessitates much greater depth to the alcove 1. 4 and5 well to one side of the center line of the bed 6, the corner 8 beginsto move forward toward the exit from the alcove 1 practically as soon asthe bed 6 is rotated in the slightest degree upon the said pivots.

In locating the pivotal points 4 and 5, care must be observed not to getthem so far to one side that the weight of the bed 6 will cause the sameto sag, as this is objectional, because it puts a strain upon the bed 6and. upon the door 2, and may be of such a degree that the bed 6 willtouch the floor and prevent easy movement. Approximately one-fourth ofthe distance from the side of the bed 6 forms a practical point for thelocation of the pivots 4 and 5.

By locating the pivotal points The guards 11 protect the corners of theplastering from chipping or breaking.

As clearly shown in Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, the pivotal points 4and 5 are located forward of the center line of the door 2, by reason ofwhich the front corner of that side or edge of door 2 that adjoins guard11 clears instantly upon the first beginning of'rotation of thebed-bearing member 2. This feature, in common with others heroinbetoredescribed, lessens the amount of space or room required for installationand operation of this door-bed.

Having thus described this invention, I hereby reserve the benefit ofall minor changes in form, arrangement, order or use of parts, as it isevident that many minor changes may be made therein without departingfrom the spirit of this invention or the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

in a. wall bed, in combination, a bed alcove, a door turna-ble in theopening of the said alcove on vertical pivots lying within the plane ofthe door and substantially concealed between the top and the bottomedges of the door and the adjacent portions of the alcove, said pivotsbeing centered relative to the vertical edges of the door butexcentrically located with respect to the sides thereof so as to bepositioned nearer to one side of the door than to the other, and anarticle supported on the side of the door which is remote from thepivots.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiiX my signature.

ALBERT WV. SMITH.

